The Keg

When The Big Guy's away, the rest of us will enjoy a meal out with real food.  This all began with asking the FIT one tiny little question.

Have you ever had lobster?

The Critic has a birthday celebration which gives him some money to burn at The Keg.  The Keg is one of our first true great food memories.  Back in our dating days, we used to frequent the Whistler Keg for a meal of bacon wrapped scallops and French onion soup after a long day of skiing.  The critic learned to make his own "FOS" after indulging at this restaurant.  Then, years ago, the parent of one of my students asked if I'd like to be a "secret shopper" for her.  She would give us a gift card (anywhere from $75 to $100) and we'd go just like any other customer.  We felt like ROYALTY!  It was awesome and we loved getting to give valuable feedback.  But honestly, we just loved the food!  Also, this restaurant was a favorite of The Critic's dad... so lots of memories in this dark little steakhouse.

The night began with FIT's complimentary kid plate, which I thought was nice since I wasn't buying him a kid's meal.  I mean really... the "cheap" ones are over $8 and while that's nice, he's eating steak and lobster tonight... off my plate, thank you very much.  So he began with carrots, celery, ranch, crackers and oranges.  He inhaled the whole thing.  Excellent! 

I started with my favorite -- the wedge salad.  So typical yet still so good.  Where was this salad my whole growing up years?  Oh yes... sitting underneath a mound of bleu cheese I had yet to acquire a taste for.  Said taste is now fully acquired, thank you very much!

As a table we also shared the amazing tempura snap peas and asparagus.  Green french fries, we call them.  Super yum and good. 

And finally.. the main course.  Yes, steak and lobster.  FIT LOVED it of course (he said that it was so cool you got to dip it in butter!).  It is now firmly in his top 3 foods of all time (only preceded by "noodle soup" -- top ramen, and pad see ew).  Good thing he likes shrimp because he'll be eating that a lot more often than lobster! 

Finished up with their ever popular chocolate mints.  A good date.  Happy birthday, Critic!